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Family Assistance Community Services Block Grant, Family and Children First, Operation Baby Buckle, Support for Kinship Caregivers Community Services Block Grant Through the Community Services Block Grant, CSBG, staff works with low-income families to help meet immediate needs, make plans for the future and move them towards self-sufficiency. Staff use a family-centered approach to assess the family's needs and initiate a service plan to improve the family's life now and in the future. Family Support Program for Kinship Caregivers Many grandparents, aunts and uncles are filling the role of primary caregivers to their grandchildren, nieces and nephews. For those who are raising a second family or adding to their own, the Family Support Program has been created. Kinship care refers to a temporary or permanent arrangement in which a relative or older adult who has a long-standing relationship with a child or family has taken over the care of the child when the biological parents are unable to do so. Many kinship caregivers are unable to find answers to questions and concerns from childcare and medical services to legal, financial and educational issues. The Family Support Program provides direct linkage to available resources and services at the state and local level. The Family Support Program Coordinator will serve as a short-term family guide and advocate for kinship caregivers to insure linkage to available services at the state and local level and assist in accessing these services. These links may include health/medical services, educational services, financial resources, childcare, legal services, support groups and training and respite care, among others. For more information, Morgan County residents should call the Malta office of Community Action at (740) 962-3827 or the main office at (740) 373-3745.

Washington-Morgan Community Action Washington and Morgan Counties, Ohio

218 Putnam Street, Marietta, OH 45750 (740) 373-3745 50 W. Third Street, PO Box 398, Malta, OH 43758 (740) 962-3827